Background Check

[jellynuts]

I was wondering if a 10 year background can tell every single company that you have worked for. If you omit a place that you worked for will an airline be able to tell?

 

[Bushhatesyou]

All they are looking for is that you can verify where you have been the last ten years. If you leave gaps you had better be able to explain that time. i.e. unemployment verifyed be a reliable source. Most airlines I think hire some company to call the employers listed on your application and verify the dates you were there. All that as well as doing a criminal and Drivers Lic. background check.

 

[boardrat]

I was wondering if a 10 year background can tell every single company that you have worked for. If you omit a place that you worked for will an airline be able to tell?

Will 6 months of unemployment checks be a bust? I've been on easy street now ready to get back into it, I'd hate to be in ground school (a couple of interviews coming up) and have them excuse me for not working the last 6 months, any thoughts???????

 

[rk772]

Periods of unemployment are normal in this biz. As long as you explained it truthfully in your interview, your ok. They just want to verify it. Also, PRIA only mandates they investigate the past 5 years. This link will answer most of your questions about background checks.

http://www.faa.gov/pilots/lic_cert/pria/

 

[Flyerjosh]

I was wondering if a 10 year background can tell every single company that you have worked for. If you omit a place that you worked for will an airline be able to tell?

One comment- some companies also conduct credit screening and pull more thorough background checks. If you omit a company and they do find out you worked somewhere, there might be some questions as to why it was omitted. (Were you fired? Why did you leave? Bad performance? etc.)

If you list them on an application, all that usually happens is that a phone call is made to verify employment during certain dates. If you don't list them and they find something, the comapny can put the heat on you for providing misleading information. Typically you can omit time periods/jobs that were less than 30 days.

Ultimately it comes down to the motiviation of why are you trying to omit something? If it is because that item could be potentially harming to your application, it is always best to be forward and honest about it and to explain what happened logically and unemotionally. Everybody screws up from time to time... the airlines know that.

 

[Mr Chub]

Does anyone know the main company airlines use to do background checks? I see you can buy a background check of yourself online and I wonder if these are as thorough as the ones the airlines use. These of course aren't related to aviation but are criminal/other background checks. Just wondering because I know a guy that was turned down for a job because he had a minor fishing license violation a few years back and didn't think much about it until now.